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belongins^ to a partv disloyal to the Government and 1,473,291, an increase of 148,291 since 1919. The with having been elected on a platform hostile to the latest statistics (1922) credit it with 313 parish interest of the State and country. The Socialist churches, 82 missions with churches, 204 chapels, 31 party amended their constitution in 1920 and two mission stations, 728 secular and 413 regular clergy, of the expelled members were re-admitted. A bonus 1 theological seminary with 219 students^ 1 prepara- was voted to all military and naval veterans of the torv seminary with 350 students, 1 umversitv, 31 late war, the bond issue not to exceed $45,000,000. colleges and academies for boys with 8995 students, The housing situation in New York city became so 4 colleges for girls with 817 pupils, 46 academies for acute that innumerable rent laws were passed as girls with 7896 pupils, 119 parochial schools for boys means of relief. The Federal Prohibition Act was with 39,477 pupils, 119 parochial schools for girls ratified on 29 January, 1919, and the Suffrage Amend- with 43,153 pupils within the city, and 69 parochial ment on 16 June^ 1919. The enforcement of the schools outside of the city with 8256 boys and 8704 Prohibition Act is outlined in the Mullane-Gage girls, making a total of 99,590 children in parochial Law of 1921. The prevailing liquor tax law is re- schools. The various institutions include 8 adminis- pealed, as well as the city local option law and the tration offices, 14 protective agency offices, 19 child- duty of enforcement was tranitferred from the excise caring institutions, 32 day nurseries and settlements, department (abolished) to the State attorney- 5 homes for the aged, 20 homes and residences for general. The term intoxicating liquor is construed to wx>men, 3 correctional homes for women, 29 hos- mean liquor containing more than one-half of i>ne pitals, sanitariums and convalescent homes, and per cent alcohol. Sacramental wines and medical 9 immigrant homes. A total of 175,538 young liquors are excepted. people are under Catholic care. To co-ordinate afi

During the European War New York contnbuted these vast activities a Bureau of Catholic Charities

the greatest number of soldiers to the United States was established in the Terminal Building, near the

Army (9.79 per cent). Most of the New York mem- Grand Central Station. It has a staff of seven

bers of the national guard joined the 27th Division priests directing the clerical and visiting work of a

at Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina; those of the great number of lay employees. It has also local

national army, the 77th Division at Camp Upton, offices in Richmond, Dutchess, Orange. Sullivan and

New York, or the 78th Division at Camp Dix, New Westchester Counties, the purpose ottnis centraliza-

Jersey. Flyingregiments were quartered at Mineola, tion being to prevent overlapping and duplication

Long Island. The summary of casualties among New of work, thus achieving the double end of economy

York men is as follows: deceased, 476 officers, 8720 and efficiency. An appeal of the archbishop to

men; prisoners, 42 officers, 835 men; wounded, 1203 finance this great enterprise brought a ready response

officers, 28,946 men. of over two million dollars, though the average con-

«,-_.. /1.T -n tribution from each person was not much over three t J^ ^^^Z^T,^^^^^^^^ ^^ (Neo Eboracensis; dollars payable at the convenience of the donor. A ^^•xC'-rT' -A.I— 20b), comprises 4717 square miles very valuable aid in the work of preaching was of the State of New York, and the Bahama Islands, obtained by two volumes of splendid dogmatic and an area of 4466 so. miles. On 15 Seotember, 1902, moral instructions, distributed to the clergy by the Rt. Rev. John M. Farley, who had been Titular archbishop, which insured uniformity of instructions Bishop of Zeugma and auxiliary of Archbishop Cor- throughout the archdiocese. It is the work of Fathers ngMi smce 21 Dec^ 1895, was proinoted to the Charles J. CaUan and John M. McHugh of the archiepscopal see. On 25 April, 1904. Rev. Thomas Order of Preachers. The Knights of Columbus are F. Cusack was made amdiary of the archbishop, continuing their activities in the New York Areh- and Titukr Bishop of Themiscyra, until he was diocese with ever increasing ardor. They have promoted (5 July, 1915) to the see of Albany, established scholarships in the coUeges of Man- Archbishop Farley was created Cardinal ^Pnest on h^ttan and Fordham, and besides providing generaUy ^ November, 1911, and died 17 September, 1918. for their own sick or needy members, furnish recrea- S*^ ^l^w^^^i? ^i\^^'rF^^^\^' Hayes, succeeded tion of various kinds to thousands of orphans, irre- ^^loJ^^'^^'^^^^u. Born m New York 20 Noyem- spective of creed, race, or color, and distribute ber, 1867, he made his studies at Manhattan College, baskets to the poor for a bountiful Christmas dinner, the seminaiy of Troy and the Catholic Umversity, Their greatest effort has recently been launched in a was ordained 8 September, 1892, and served as curot^ great building campaign for the erection of an im- of St. Gabnels Mid secretory to Cardmal Farley, mense central headquarters, and on 17 April, 1922, was made chanceUor of the archdiocese in 1903, $1,100,000 in pledges and $400,000 in cash had been named a prelate of the Holy See 15 October, 1907, received for this purpose. This structure is to be and appointed titular Bishop of Tagastaand auxiliary used first for the requirements of the club for welfare to the archbishop 3 July, 1914. On 29 November, work of various kinds, for archdiocesan meetings, a 1917. he was named ordmary of all Catholics mob- center for free employment and hospitalization work, ihzed in the anny and navy, and m February, 1920, educational course, a social secretarial center with Chaplam in Chief of the Amencan anny, and navy, gymnasium and swimming pools, and a great audi- and decorated by France Chevaher of the Lemon of torium for pubUc gatheraigs and civic and social Honor. The same year he was decorated with the events. Of the 140 evening schools established by Order of the Crown of Itdy, in recomition of the the Knights after demobilization, there are four services he rendered Italy durmg the War. In 1921 schools in New York giving sixty courses in more an auxilianr Bishopwas appomted m the pere9n of than forty subjects. Apart from the Knights of ^*^^v. John J. l>unn, consecrated titular Bishop Columbus, the Catholic writere and stage fot have • VSSr^^u^ October, 1921. Bom m New York been formed into guilds, the Most Reverend Areh- in 1870, Bishop Dunn was ordamed m 1896, and bishop frequenUy attending their meetings, named a pnvate chamberlam m 1914. He was placed ^ -^ ^ o o- in charge of the Society of the Propagation of the Newark, Diocese op (Novarcensis; cf. C. E., Faith in New York, in 1904, and served in this X — 779d), in New Jersey. According to the statis- capacity until his appointment as bishop. Rt. Rev. tics of 1922 the diocese contains 206 churches, 37 John J. Collins, S. J., retired Vicar Apostolic of missions, with churches, 6 stations, 114 chapels, 1 Jamaica, and titular Bishop of Antiphello, also Abbey (Benedictine) for men with 50 priests, 23 resides in the archdiocese, at Fordham University. clerics, 3 novices, 17 lay brothera, 15 scholastics,

The Catholic population of the archdiocese numbers 1 monastery for women (Dominican), 1687 Sisters, ,